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In lieu of some introductory post (which will only state silly goals and hopes that I have for this blog, most of which I’ll have forgotten about in a year), I will start things off with a recipe.

I had spent all year making all sorts of Christmas baking plans. One of my best buddies had gifted me a wonderfully oh-so-wrong cookie cutter, which was just waiting to be christened. But did I make gingerbread cookies this year? Noooo. :( (Well, I did but they’re not the pretty turn-me-into-funky-shape kind.)

The one thing I managed to accomplish was a gingerbread house. As always, I expected this whole thing to be way more complicated than it turned out to be.

Heat honey, syrup and butter until melted.
Mix the dry ingredients.
Add the egg and the egg yolks to the melted (molten? Ack, I never know…) mixture and mix until completely incorporated.
Wrap the dough in cling foil and chill for 30 minutes.
Roll out the dough (until it’s about 1/4 inch thick) and cut out walls and roof with the following measurements:

Remember to
a) cut windows into the side walls and
b) make the necessary cuts in the front and the back for a pitched roof

Bake for 10 – 15 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C).
Put it together using icing as glue and lastly, of course, DECORATE LIKE CRAZY!
I caved and used up my beloved Reese’s babies and mini marshmallows that I had imported from England and never really used. The house is still sitting in my kitchen and I can’t really decide what to do with it. Thoughts? (No, neither eating it (ugh!) nor throwing it out (WHAT?!?) is an option.)